Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1887-11-23
NEWS IN BRIEF.

1t takes S2S, 900 900 to keep our
ladieS IN silks every year.
"A turtle captured on the Pacific
coast lately weighed 1920 pounds.
"A man In Name has hen which
is sure death on a mouse. He claims
that she often catches several a day.
1t has been proposed that the jinri-
kIsha, the Japenese carriage pulled by
a man, shall be introduced Into London
streets.
"A ClarksvI!le, Illinois, turkey
gobbler stole a guinea hens nest, sat
on the eggs, Matched the chicks, and is
raising them with great care.
The first shark seen in the Ken
nebec river for years was captured a
day or two ago, at Fort Popham
Beach. II weighed so pounds
"A cucumber four feet long, cOiled
like a serpent and resembling nothing
else so mucA as a green snake, was
among the curiOsities at the Maine
state fair.
According to the last report of the
United States commissioned of pensions
there are in Vermont {, ,326 pensiourrs.
drawing annually Sl90,O0O in round
numbers.
The people of Elmer and vicinity,
in Salem county, New Jersey, are
much excited over an unpleasant Wis
| ltor IN the shape OF a monster snake >
| feet long.
Two greyhoundS accompanying
| Washington lady whose purse was
stolen from her joined in the chase
after the thief and succeeded In head
/ ing him off.
I "A Plymouth Mass man has ar
| ranged an electric safeguard for his
grdpeviues. Il gives iutTuders such a
shock tLat, 1t is said, not one has ever
! paid a return visit.
Two thousand dollars were found
in belt left behind by tramp who
had been gtv-n nights lodging lately
10y a SacO (MaiGe) family He re-
turned aud claimed the money.
New Orleans las the FIRST regularly
authorized Chinese physician IN this
country. He Is a graduate Of meGi-
cal school in China, and asked TO be
allowed to practice among his own
country men III the Cresce II CITY.
An eagle Gyinc off with a sheep n
Santa Clara County California. re
Gently, Was Interrupted 10y a farmer.
The bird aJ once dropped lis prey and
attacked the man. who was roughly
handled III the fight, lie came out
the victor, however.
-Forty-twO years ago a lawsuit was
begun in Illinois for the possession Of
a pig valued at 3. AS figured up a
few days ago, the expenses on both
sides had amounted to about 1000.
Zach contestant was determined TO
have the whole hog or none.
"A case OF remarkable gall IS Te.
ported from the vicinity of EdmoTe,
Michigan. A man who had been hired
to SOW some clover seed went through
the motions, but kept the seed N tile
bag, and then carried II home and
sowed 1t upon his own ground.
When lightning struck Baxter
Vaughan of StTother. Missouri, it cut
hole like bullet hole III his hat, ran
around the rim, then down his back
clear TO his heels, tearing of in its en-
tire course Il narrow strip Of skin. and
yet Mr.. Vaughan lives to tell his queen
experience.
There lives in Troy, No. a
little girl about years ola, whose head
is almost an iron gray, and 1t is steadily
and perceptibly growing grayeT, anu
AIlG IItECAL -A4-GAll luis are llldL loilA
before she reaches wOmanhOOd her once
, raven-black hair will have become
snOw-white. Fright caused the change
in color.
The recent utilization Of Prauzini's
skin to cover card cases has reminded
the ParIsians Of the old humau-skin
tanneries at S,rasburg and Meudon
where the skins of the victims of The
. guillotine were made into book leather
Works ii this binding may still bt
r seen in the CATALOGUES Of sales.
, "A mysterious voice that was heard
z in an empty house IN Washington and
. supposed to lie that Of "A small boy wa
, investigated by policeman. On en-
{ terIug he plainly heard the cry OF
= "auuty,' which IN moment changed
, to mamma" =" The sound was traced
and the source found to be a lam,
. parrot perched on the back Of an Ole
: chair.
An autograph letter of BalZa,
4 has just been made public, which tell
| that he once dreamed of great treasure
= being buried in Corsica, and he set on
r alone TO geek it. Want Of funds, how
ever, hdmpeTed him, and before h,
reached \ jacciO he had lost faith III hi
1 | enterprise, and decided TO return {,
e Paris. But from this incident Duma
/ derived the inspiration of Mont,
+, Cnsto.'
= "A turkey gobbler owned by
= farmer Lear Rockville, Ills, fights hen
from their nests and covers ana hatcLe
8 the eggs himself. lie seems to tax
b great delight in these acts, and plap
B. the mother to perfection with IN
2 young chicks. A he makes a goo
= parent he Is left 2 one in his strdng
D ways, and Is the curiosity of tu
ueigLborhood.
: Peter Tobias, a FARMER, vas KI1le
e IL rather a peculiar way, at Spring
e field, Ohio, the other day. He Wa
n out driving when his carriage wa
= struck by a railroad tram and a piec
I Of the wheel tire driven through hi
g. skull, piuionIng hlm to the ground
T The combined strength of two me
u was necessary to withdraw the tire.
= "A monster joss, made of paper
= and measuring lTO feet IN length by
It in height, was lately received in Sa
= Francisco from the FlOweTy Kingdom
y 1t was TO be carried 10y sixty priests i
: Il parade of san Francisco Cniuame
g that was expected TO eclipse anythln
Il Of the kind ever seen il the Code
a Gate City.
a On a recent evening scores Of bird
l. swOOped down on New Haven, Conn
l. They were varied lot, in Cludiu
thrush, lInnets, hummIng, cat birds
etc. Many invaded residences an
were captured, but most of theI
perched on the telegraph and electT
n light wires until morning, when the
b, departed as mysterIously as they came
re An exciting scene was witnesse,
10 recently in A menagerie near LOndOI
ch A middle aged lady visitor, with a